The sophomore finished nearly everything Tuesday, erupting for three goals and three assists to lead her team to a 7-0 Metro Suburban Conference West Division rout of visiting Riverside-Brookfield.

It was the first hat trick of the year for Teevans, who is still adjusting to a position switch.

“I just started playing center forward this season, so I’ve been learning how to time my runs,” Teevans said. “I’ve been really working on that.”

So how is that going?

“She’s definitely our best finisher, and she can always finish with precision,” Wheaton Academy junior Gretchen Pearson said. “She makes the right runs.

“I think she’s getting really good at getting those crosses, and taking one touch and shooting with precision.”

Teevans recorded her first point just 2:08 into the game when her corner kick was headed in by Gaby LaMantia on the first shot of the match.

But the rest of Teevans’ production came in the second half, when the Warriors (8-3-1, 3-0-0) finally decimated the Bulldogs’ tenacious defense, which had kept the visitors within a goal for nearly 46 minutes.

Though the Warriors completely dominated the midfield and had the Bulldogs (5-4-2, 2-1-0) chasing throughout the match, the hosts struggled mightily to extend their early lead.

Part of that was due to the play of R-B goalkeeper Karli Rivera, who made 7-of-11 saves in the first half, including spectacular back-to-back saves on Emmerson Fuller and Rebecca Smith.

Teevans was frustrated but undaunted by the early failures.

“We did have a lot of confidence,” Teevans said. “I think we were just having trouble finishing in the first half, and that was pretty much our only problem. We were playing strong defensively.”

The Warriors conceded only two shots, both of which came early in the second half. Both were quality opportunities, but a side volley by junior Esther Annoreno sailed high and a 22-yard bullet on the run from sophomore sensation Allie Kucera went inches over the crossbar.

Kucera scored 27 goals as a freshman but rarely touched the ball in this game.

“We didn’t man-mark Kucera,” Wheaton Academy coach Dave Underwood said. “We know that she’s a great, great player, so we knew their best chance to score would be banging a deep ball to her.

“She certainly has the skill, and the athleticism to go get it. So we really worked hard on putting pressure on their backs and their midfielders to prevent the long serve. We felt like we did a good job of putting pressure on them and keeping them on their heels so they couldn’t get forward.”

That pressure eventually wore down the scrappy Bulldogs. All the chiseling the Warriors did in the first half eventually burst the dam after intermission and the result was a flood of goals.

Four-of-the-six second half scores came on restarts. Freshman Sophie Lindquist knocked in an indirect free kick from Fuller at the 34:10 mark to make it 2-0.Pearson then scored the first of her two goals 2:02 later when she hammered a shot under the crossbar after Riverside-Brookfield had tried to clear a Teevans corner kick.

Teevans extended the lead to 4-0 with 24:37 to play on a brilliant tic-tac-toe play. Lindquist started it by sending a lead pass up the right wing to Pearson, who absorbed a hard hit from a defender before turning the corner and centering to Teevans for a short one-timer.

“We knew we were going to have some success, particularly with Gretchen, on the right side,” Underwood said. “And then we were actually able to get our outside backs forward as well.”

Pearson followed with her 16th goal of the year off another set-piece. This time Teevans sent a corner kick to the back post to LaMantia, who headed the ball back through the crease to Pearson for the short conversion.

Teevans bagged the last two goals, making a steal and blasting a 12-yard shot into the top right corner for a 6-0 lead and then taking a pass from Maggie Liechty and blowing a 20-yard shot by Rivera.

So what got into Teevans?

“I don’t know,” Pearson said. “She did so good, though. It was amazing.

“There are people playing at different positions this year. Like I was playing attacking center mid for a while, so Erin and I hadn’t been connecting that much.

“But I think this game we really clicked and got the give-and-gos and crosses and that worked really well.”

Kucera can attest to that.

“We knew going into it they were going to be good,” Kucera said. “Their outside mids and their through-balls to the outside mids were excellent and quick, and the balls in the middle were really hard for us to defend.

“We were obviously hoping for a better outcome, but we just have to keep at it.”

While Riverside-Brookfield is not yet on a par with the Warriors, they did play Wheaton Academy tough last season, losing a pair of one-goal games, one of which was a sectional semifinal match. That made Tuesday’s rout a little surprising.

In retrospect, it shouldn’t have been. The Warriors had plenty of motivation considering a win would give them sole possession of first place in the conference.Wheaton Academy, which rarely loses consecutive home games, also was determined to bounce back after having their 14-game home unbeaten streak snapped the night before. The Warriors had gone 13-0-1 at home since their last loss on home soil, a 2-0 decision to Wheaton Warrenville South in 2014.

“For us to win the conference we were going to have to win this game,” Underwood said. “The wheels kind of came off (for the Bulldogs). I know if we play them again it’s not going to be the same result.”

But the performance of Teevans bodes well for the Warriors, who have been playing without senior Jaime Netzley, who tallied 23 goals last season. Netzley suffered a concussion and groin injury.

“That’s been impacting our chemistry up top a little bit, but, man, they found it tonight,” Underwood said. “Erin has been struggling a little bit this year, but she was outstanding tonight.”Starting line-ups